Trail Blazers 106, Bucks 80
LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points and a season-best 19 rebounds and Wesley Matthews scored 22 points as the Portland Trail Blazers cruised to a 106-80 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.
Rudy Fernandez contributed 17 points and seven assists for Portland (15-14), which won its third straight game despite being without injured starters Brandon Roy (knee) and Marcus Camby (shoulder) and valuable reserve Joel Przybilla (ankle).
John Salmons scored 23 points to lead Milwaukee (10-16), which lost its third consecutive contest.
The Bucks were without leading scorer Brandon Jennings, who will be sidelined four-to-six weeks after breaking a bone in his left foot.
Milwaukee also received a subpar performance from center Andrew Bogut, who had just five points and five rebounds.
Portland’s Andre Miller had nine assists.
Keyon Dooling added 12 points for the Bucks, who were also without forward Corey Maggette (concussion).
Portland shot 50 percent from the field and held Milwaukee to 38 percent shooting.